
Robots in American Popular Culture
Steve Carper(Author)
McFarland & Co Inc (Publisher)
Published on 26. June 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
301 pages
978-1-4766-7041-6 (ISBN)
Description
? They are invincible warriors of steel, silky-skinned enticers, stealers of jobs and lovable goofball sidekicks. Legions of robots and androids star in the dream factories of Hollywood and leer on pulp magazine covers, instantly recognizable icons of American popular culture. For two centuries, we have been told tales of encounters with creatures stronger, faster and smarter than ourselves, making us wonder who would win in a battle between machine and human.
This book examines society's introduction to robots and androids such as Robby and Rosie, Elektro and Sparko, Data, WALL-E, C-3PO and the Terminator, particularly before and after World War II when the power of technology exploded. Learn how robots evolved with the times and then eventually caught up with and surpassed them.
This book examines society's introduction to robots and androids such as Robby and Rosie, Elektro and Sparko, Data, WALL-E, C-3PO and the Terminator, particularly before and after World War II when the power of technology exploded. Learn how robots evolved with the times and then eventually caught up with and surpassed them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
572 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-7041-6 (9781476670416)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Steve Carper maintains a companion website to this book, RobotsInAmericanPopularCulture.com, which contains more than 300 images page-keyed to the text, along with links to over 50 of his articles on robot history. He lives in Rochester, New York.
Content
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part One: The Robot -Pre-Computer
?1.?The Robot and the Android: The Origin of the Species
?2.?The Heimlich Maneuver: Robots in Early Fiction
?3.?Is It Mechanism or Soul? Robots on the Stage
?4.?The Wonderful Walking Mechanical Men
?5.?"Quiet, Please-I'm Talking": The Westinghouse Family of Robots
?6.?Iron Monster Turns Traitor: Amateur Robots
?7.?Buck, Flash, Tillie and Mickey: Robots in Comic Strips
?8.?A Tribe of Living Mechanical Men! Robots in Comic Books
?9.?Utterly Alien and Nonhuman: The Robot in Golden Age Science Fiction
10.?The Automaton! Robots in Movies
Part Two: The Robot -Post-Computer
11.?Robots as Camp
12.?Robots and Kids
13.?Robots as Androids
14.?Robots as Sexbots
15.?Robots as Enemies
16.?Robots, Robots Everywhere
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Part One: The Robot -Pre-Computer
?1.?The Robot and the Android: The Origin of the Species
?2.?The Heimlich Maneuver: Robots in Early Fiction
?3.?Is It Mechanism or Soul? Robots on the Stage
?4.?The Wonderful Walking Mechanical Men
?5.?"Quiet, Please-I'm Talking": The Westinghouse Family of Robots
?6.?Iron Monster Turns Traitor: Amateur Robots
?7.?Buck, Flash, Tillie and Mickey: Robots in Comic Strips
?8.?A Tribe of Living Mechanical Men! Robots in Comic Books
?9.?Utterly Alien and Nonhuman: The Robot in Golden Age Science Fiction
10.?The Automaton! Robots in Movies
Part Two: The Robot -Post-Computer
11.?Robots as Camp
12.?Robots and Kids
13.?Robots as Androids
14.?Robots as Sexbots
15.?Robots as Enemies
16.?Robots, Robots Everywhere
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index